Zizek / Daly Conversations with Zizek

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-5723-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 184 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: PCVS-Polity Conversations Series

In this new book, Slavoj Zizek and Glyn Daly engage in aseries of entertaining conversations which illustrate theoriginality of Zizek's thinking on psychoanalysis,philosophy, multiculturalism, popular/cyber culture,totalitarianism, ethics and politics.
* * An excellent introduction to one of the most engaging andcontroversial cultural theorists writing today.
* Zizek is a Slovenian sociologist who trained as aLacanian and uses Lacan to analyse popular culture andpolitics.
* Illustrates the originality of Zizek's thinkingon psychoanalysis, philosophy, multi-culturalism, popular/cyberculture, totalitarianism, ethics and politics.
* Provides a unique glimpse of Zizek's humour andcharacter and offers new material and fresh perspectives which willbe of interest to followers of Zizek'swritings.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zizek, Slavoj

Daly, Glyn

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.
1. Contexts and horizons: Opening the Space of Philosophy.
2. The Madness of Reason: Encounters of the Real Kind.
3. Subject of Modernity: Virtuality and the Fragility of theReal.
4. Tolerance and the Intolerable: Enjoyment, Ethics andEvent.
5. Miracles do happen: Globalization(s) and Politics

Über Autor(innen)

Slavoj Zizek is Professor of Sociology at the Institute forSociology at Ljubljana University, Slovenia.
Glyn Daly is at University College, Northampton.